- The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
Infobox Book |
name = The Clique:#5 The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
author =Lisi Harrison
country =United States
language = English
series =The Clique series
genre =Young adult novel
publisher =Little, Brown and Company
release_date = March 2006
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 265 pgs
isbn = ISBN 0-316-11500-2
preceded_by =Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
followed_by =Dial L for Loser "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back" is the fifth novel of
The Clique series byLisi Harrison , in whichMassie Block ,Claire Lyons ,Alicia Rivera andDylan Marvil go on a school trip toLake Placid, New York , which is in theAdirondack Mountains .Plot summary
The book opens with Massie and the rest of the Pretty Committee in geography class at OCD. Mr. Myner, the eccentric teacher, is blabbering on about topography, a topic that captures the interests of few. Massie zones out, and starts thinking about Derrick Harrington, the alpha and popular star goalie for the Tomahawks, the Briarwood Academy soccer team. But when Mr. Myners mentions the upcoming trip to Lake Placid, everyone's attention is now in his hands. Despite his attempts to say that they will be "hunting for education" it's the exact opposite, hunting for boys.
It's after class, when Kristen, who is rather poor, confesses she can't go on the trip for financial purposes, and that she'll stay behind and shop at the President's Weekend Sales. Hastily, Dylan, Alicia, and Massie offer to pay, but Kristen still does not accept the offer. Massie then offers to have a packing party the night before the trip, to which, of course, everyone says yes. Kristen, now feeling left out, decides she will try to raise the money to be able to go on the trip. Massie offers to help her with her plan, but when Kristen says she can, it turns out her offer was as fake as Olivia's nose. Later, in the Block's Range Rover, Massie decides to help Kristen with her scheme and open MUCK - Massie's Underground Clinic for Kissing. But what would happen if her "students" found out about her inexperience with kissing?
In the end, Massie gets her first real kiss from Derrington (with the MUCK girls watching), and Claire gets a kiss from Cam (because her first kiss with Cam was not in the fourth book). Although all of the Pretty Committee gets expelled at the end for going in the woods after they were told not to. They were also expelled because Kristen, who snuck up to the camp to be with the Pretty Committee got caught. They wandered into one of the trails alone to hide from Mr.Myner and they get lost. While Kristen was begging Mr.Myner to not expell her, Derrington handed Massie some wild flowers, she smelled them then announced to her public that they have been expelled.
Reviews
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/bestseller/0514bestchildren.html NYT bestseller]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1169894-1,00.html TIME review]
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